Sending out echoes of jazz, electronica, ambient music and minimalism, Mercury Prize nominated Portico Quartet have created their own singular, cinematic sound over the course of five lauded studio albums and one EP.

From the band’s 2007 breakthrough Knee-Deep in the North Sea, and the John Leckie produced Isla in 2010, to the self-titled recording Portico Quartet in 2012, the heralded Art In The Age Of Automation in 2017 and the critically acclaimed Memory Streams in 2019, each album has seen the band expand its palate or explore new trajectories. 

"Portico Quartet continue to plough their own furrow on their gorgeous new album Memory Streams" Bleep

Living in humble awe of the power of digital sound

Astrophysical Maser is an electronic music composer and visual artist. James began his musical education early in life, his passion quickly became focused on electronic dance music starting in 2005. Since first using a DAW in 2009, he has used it as his primary method of creative expression.

Writing much of his music with keyboard and mouse, he also performs live with the aid of various midi-controllers, which have become an important asset to his process. His more recent work has been described as “the most exciting new sound to come out of Australia in a long time” by scene veteran Phil Smart.

James’ ventures in electronic music stray wider than what is common. He has a practice in Ambient, where he tries to simulate environments in the near vicinity of extreme astrophysical objects – quasars, black holes etc. For Techno and House he explores blending environmental audio into stimulating and powerful music that challenges the dance music world.

Established 1999. Releasing newfangled and archival sounds. 

OKeh short history: 

OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label "OKeh", from his initials.  OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA's immigrant communities. In 1920, Ralph Peer's recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60's with jazz and R&B recordings. 

In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh's first new signings included Keb' Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it will see its re-launch as a jazz label once again.

New Alias are a young rock band from South Sydney that started playing together in 2011. 

Andrew Gillett - Lead Guitar and Vocals
Jasmine May - Lead Vocals and Guitar
Nathan Lindsell - Drums
Mitchell Slade - Bass

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